Compound rail



June 2, 1925- `,'540,332

F. HENRICH ET AL GOMPOUND RAIL Filed May 17, 1924 2 sheets-shew 1 5mm/vn.

June 2, 1925- l 1,540,332

- F. HENRscH ET AL OMPOUND RAIL.

Filed May 17, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES ,PATENT OFFICE.

COMPOUND RAIL.

Application tiled May 17, 1924- 'Selal N0. 713,969.

To all 'ui/vom t may concern Y Be it known that we, FRANK HnNRroI-r, oit the village of Bengough, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, and JoHN4 EstimsTnANn, farmer, of the post oiiice of Bengough, in the Province of Saskatchewan, Canada, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Compound Rails, of which the following is aspeciiication.

This invention 'relates to improvements in rails for electric or steam railroads and the objects of the invention are to provide an etiicient and simply constructed replacer' rail. particularly adapted for curves and gradients, where wear and tear is intense, and whereby the rails can be quickly replaced, without tearing up the track or otherwise delaying operation of the road.

TVith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists essentially in the novel construction and arrangement ot parts, as described in the present specification and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, that i'orm part of the same.

Referring now to the drawings, in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in each iigure.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2 2 of Figure 1. Y

Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 2. i

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the T- shaped top rail.

Figure 5 is a perspective view of the wedge.

Figure 6 is a plan view of the operating bar for the wedge.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the operating bar.

Figure 8 is a cross sectional view of a modified form of fastening the rails.

In the drawings A designates the rail replacerl as a whole, comprising a base rail 10 with base 10, web 11, formed with slot therein 12, into which a T-shaped top rail 13 is adapted to tit. This T-shaped top rail is formed with a web 14 to engage with the slot 12 in the base rail and has a tread portion, longitudinally grooved at 15, the edges of the top rail being T-shaped, as betore mentioned, to engage with and grip the slotted web of the base rail; To further hold the top rail 13 securely in position in the base rail, wek provide, at predetermined intervals, a wedge member 16 designed to hold the top rail tight on the top oi the base and adapted to be driven in from the outside of the rail and retained in its place by means of a jackscrew 17, the wedge and screw being provided with a suitable housing or box 18, adapted to provide solid foundation for the jackscrew, when operated in horizontal position and screwed against the head of the wedge 16.

In operation the wedge, formed with the pintles 25 on each side adapted toengage with the slots 24, is slid into the openings in the rails, as illustrated in Figure 2, the inner end of the wedge having a recess therein. The jack 17, formed with an extension 17, is then tit-ted against the end oi? the wedge, the other end 0i' the jack 17 engaging the casing.` To tighten the wedge the jack is operated in well known manner.

The wedge 16 is adapted to engage with openings, as shown in Figure 2, through the top and bottom rails, to hold them securely in position on the detachable cover 20b ot the housing 18 being removed. To remove this wedge a special bar 20 is provided formed with a hooked lower end 20 designed to engage with each of a plurality ot suitably spaced projections 20a on the inside of the housing 18, while, substantially midway of its length, this operating bar has, pivotally mounted thereon at 21, a hook member 22, adapted to detachably engage with a lug 28 on the wedge 16, the wedge itself being slidably supported in slots 24 in the housing by means of pins 25 formed on the wedge and adapted to engage with said slots. For lifting the rails we provide, in the modified form of the bar 20, as illustrated in Figure 6, a gripping tongs 9 pivotally mounted at 8 in'` said bar.

In the modiiied form of my invention, as illustrated in Figure 8, the rails are built on the same principle but in order to hold the separate portions together a machine bolt 26 is used, in combination with the apertures in the rail webs. This bolt is protected on both sides by means of a housing or casing, screw secured at 27 to the base of the base rail and is provided with suitable screw bolts 28. The housing 18 is also screw lsecured at 29 to the base of the base rail.

From the foregoing it will be seen that when the top rail is fitted into the base rail the openings in the web, thereof, will register with one another. The housing' 18 is then fitted in place, the wedge 1G projecting through the openings in the rail webs, to securely hold them in position by means ot the retaining jaclrscrew 17. To disengage the wedge itis only necessary to unscrew the jack I7 and then draw it outwardlyY and upwardly in the slots 24 by means of the bar 20 and the pivotally mounted hooked member thereon 2l.

In the modified form ot the invention, as illustrated in Figure 8 the ".vedgeand operating bar,.thereiior, eliminated and an ordinary bolt used, surrounded by a housing to secinely hold the rails in joint position.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely diierent embodiments ci' my invention, within the scope ot thel claims, constructed without departing from the spirit or scope thereof, it is intended that all. inatter contained in the accompanying Specification and dra-wings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not inv a limiting sense.

`What we claim as our invention is:

1. A device of the charac-ter described, comprising a split rail having orifices 'therethrough, a T-shaped rail, having orifices therethrough, adapted to tit into the split rail, a housing, a wedge in said housing adapted to engage with said oritices in the rails to retain the rails rigidly` together, a jack for tightening the wedge and means for withdrawing the wedge on the jack benigreleased comprising an operating bar adapted toengage with the casing and intermediately to engage with said Wedge.

2. The device as claimed in claim l, in which the housing. is provided with guideways or slots on each side adapted to engage with pintles formed on the wedge.

3. The device as claimed in claim 15in which the wedge is provided with a lug and the operating bar isV provided with a pivotally mounted hook, substantially mid way thereof, and adapted to engage with said lug.

4.-. The device as claimed` in claim l, in which, the housing is provided with lugs and in which the operating bar is formed with a hooked end designed to engage with said lugs and to form a fulcrum point tor said bar to Withdraw the wedge.

5. rEhe device as claimed in claim l, in which the jackscrew means are designed to iit, against the outer edge ot the wedge and between it and the wall ot the housing.

6; In a device of thecharacter described, thecombination with a longitudinally slotted or slit base rail and a T-shaped top rail havingy openings therethrough registering with one another, of -a wedge member adapted to extend through said openings and bar operating means. for withdrawing the wedge, housing means ior. the wedge adapted to slidably support the wedge and meansv for tensioning the Wedge andy retaining it in position when tensioned.

7. Ina device ont the character described, the combination with a pair ofi rails having openings therethrough. and adapted to tit one Within the other, of a slidably supported wedge member adaptedk to engage With said rails, means for withdrawing the wedge, means for retaining the wedge, in retaining position, andv means carried by the wedge withdrawing means for gripping and lifting a rail or the like, y

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN ESKESTRAND. FRANK HEN RICH.

Witnesses:

D. A. MoDoNALD, SARAH ANN DOVE. 

